Good morning, Camden Chatters.
One of these days, I’ll be able to joyously pass along the news that MLB and the Players’ Association made a major breakthrough in negotiations and a new collective bargaining agreement is imminent.
Today is not that day.
The two sides met yesterday for their first face-to-face meeting since last Saturday, but the session lasted just 15 minutes and produced “little progress,” according to ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. The MLBPA offered a proposal for 80 percent of players to become arbitration eligible after two seasons of service and for the league to establish a $115 million bonus pool for pre-arbitration players.